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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Boken markedsføres som av Dalai Lama, men den er skrevet av en amerikansk psykiater. Boka er derimot i stor grad basert på samtaler med Dalai Lama, hans offentlige foredrag og psykiaterens forsøk på å "oversette" den buddhistiske læren om veien til lykke til vestlig tankegods. Boken er interessant lesning og jeg lærte mye om Dalai Lamas tankegods, selv om det meste fortelles gjennom psykiaterens briller.
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inspiring
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slow-paced
informative
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slow-paced
DNF. I have owned this book since I was 19. For 20 years, I have shlepped it from house to house, organized it on my shelves, and planned to read it “sometime soon”. I finally picked it up and I was so disappointed. Despite being touted as written by the Dalai Lama, it is actually written by a Western psychologist who interviewed the Dalai Lama. The author has a writing style that teeters between obnoxious and overly clinical, and he always misses the point of the Dalai Lama’s words of wisdom. He asks the Dalai Lama the same questions over and over, expecting a cure-all answer to happiness. He’s a twit. I would love to read a book actually written by the Dalai Lama, or at least by a person who understands and respects Buddhism. The Dalai Lama has wonderful things to say and we can all learn from him...just not through this guy.
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I like the Dalai Lama. He seems like a nice man, but there is definitely a culture clash. I feel like a lot of his responses were naive. Also, I did not like how the interviewer seemed to put words in his mouth. It seemed like sometimes they were talking in circles. I did like the meditation guide at the end of the book.
Good read for me at this moment in my life but could still go back and forth on some of the theories put out.